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It's All True

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It's All True
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G,1hr 25min
Genre:
Documentary
Released:
January 1, 1993
Directors:
Richard Wilson, Myron Meisel, Bill Krohn
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Miguel Ferrer, Joseph Biroc, Orson Welles  ...more
Synopsis: Both a documentary and a unique exercise in film restoration, It's All True tells the complex story of Orson Welles' ill-fated attempts to make an anthology film about the life and culture of South America and concludes with a reconstruction of one of Welles' unfinished segments, edited together from rediscovered original footage. The idea for Welles' South American project was conceived by the American government as a sort of cultural exchange to improve relations with Latin America. Using interviews ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
While the recollections of Orson Welles' 1942 goodwill expedition to South America are compelling, this documentary ultimately depends on the strength of the original footage of the director's never-completed work, which prefigures the atmospheric, naturalistic approach that Welles would later apply to Othello. With its extreme low-angle shots and reverent, beatific presentation of the Brazilian people, ... Full Review
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